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H. F. MGELLER.

WASHING MACHINE.

No.. 273,584. Patented Ma.1-.6,188s.

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H." F. MQBLLER.

AWASHING MAGHINE.

Patented Ma.1'.6,1883,

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' UNITED- STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY F. rMOELLER, OF DAVENPORT, IOWA.

WASHING-V SPECIFICATION formng party of Letters Patent No. 273,584, dated March 6, 1883.

' Application sied December 4,1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY F. MoELLER, of Davenport, in the county of Scott and State ot Iowa, have invented certain Improvements in Washing-Machines, of which the followin is a specification. I

My invention relates to that class of washing-machines in which a rotary cylinder is mounted within a tub and adapted to contain the articles to be cleaned; and it consists in certain features and details hereinafter fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view with the cover removed, a portion of the tub being broken away to show the interior. Fig. 2 is a vertical central transverse section. Figis a vertical central longitudinal section. Fig. 4 is an enlarged view of the cylinder; and Fig. 5 is a view of one ofthe pouuders, partly in section.

erably zinc or tin. To the inside of the heads are secured cleats E to support portions F of the cover, and which are removed when it is desired to take out the cylinder.

G represents the central portion of the cover, which lits snugly between the portions F and prevents any escape of water, this middle portion being the only portion of the cover removed in getting access to the interior of the cylinder.

H is the cylinder, composed of the heads a, connected by cylindrical bars b, which are cut away to t the outer edges of the heads to which they are secured. 'lo one end of the cylinder is secured a central journal, I, which rests in a vertically-slotted bearing-plate or socket-piece, J, secured to the Yhead B ot' the machine, while at the other end thejournal K, which is secured tothe lcylinder in the same way, is extended outward and adapted to receive a ily-wheel withva crank or handle, L, by

which motion is imparted to the machine. A

slotted bearing-plate, M, is secured to thehead B' in order to form a support for the shatt K. The 'cylinder H is also provided with a detachable portion., H', which allows the removal of 55 the article cleaned.v Itconsists of two or more cleats, e, which extend cincumferentially partially around the cylinder, to which are secured a number of the bars b, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the ends of the bars projecting 6o beyond the cleats in order to rest upon the heads a ot' the cylinder. The bars or cleats e are curved at one end to iit under the bar b, which serves to hold it to its place. Buttons for other suitable fastening devices may be employed for securing the portion H in place, said buttons being, secured to a stationary bar of thecylinder and arranged to turn and project over the front bar ot' the removable section.

The head B is provided with a vertical slot, 7o N, as shown in Fig. 3, which is of a width equal to the diameter of the shaft K, to permit the shaft to pass to and from its seat in placing and removing the cylinder; and in order to prevent the shaft from rising from its bearing when rotated, I provide a slide, Q, which is adapted to 4snugly tit the slot N, the slide being extended laterally ou each side of the slot, both inside and outside ofthe tub, to insure a tight joint.

Within the cylinder El, and concentric therewith, is a secondary cylinder, P, which is constructed, essentially like the cylinder H, with the heads or cylindrical bars,but not provided with a removable section. This cylinder is adapted to rotate freely within and independently `of thelarge cylinder, and turn upon .journal'sj'c projecting inward from the heads a of thel main cylinder, as shown in Fig. 3. Ou the interior ot' the heads a are rings d, which 9c fit closely around and project over the ends of the cylinder P and prevent the articles from winding about the journals or wedging bctweeu the cylinder-heads during their rotation. This inner cylinder catches the articles as they fall from the larger cylinder when carried upward and dropped thereby, and materially assistsin the cleaning operation by its additional agitation of the article. It also forms a second rubbing'surfacaagainst which l roo the loose pounders workl to great advantage. Hitherto spherical pounders have been emn ployed in cylinders of this class to assist in agitating the articles and in forcing the. water through them; but it is found in practice that such ponnders rotate about their axes and produce comparatively little eii'ect. To obviate this diiculty Iemploy spheroidal pounders Q, and Weight them at one end, by which plan I overcome the tendency to rotate about their longer axes, and cause them to roll over end for end, and also to be carried upward by the cylinder and dropped down upon the articles in the lower partthereof. This change is found in practice to greatly improve the action of the machine. The employment of round bars for the cylinders renders the passage of the cylinders through the water much easier than where square or angular bars are used.

Having thus described my invention,\vl1at I claim isplaced within the cylinder, substantially as 3o explained.

HENRY F. MOELLER.

Witnesses:

HERMAN BLOCK, Jol-IN C. BILLS. 

